38 minGambling addiction
What his wife put in the pizza box changed everything
Eugene K./Five years clean, Gamblers Anonymous
7 conversations
Sports betting
What the apps do to young men, told by the people they took apart.
A sportsbook on a phone is not a bookie you have to drive to. It is open at three in the morning, it knows exactly which notification will get you back, and it is designed by people who are very good at their jobs.
The guests here are mostly men who started with a twenty dollar parlay and ended up risking more on one game than they earned in a year. They are specific about the mechanics: the free bet, the chase, the promotions that arrived the week they tried to stop.
The conversations
Every episode about sports betting
38 min
51 minGambling addiction
He wagered $126 million in four years
Sam Favata/Former professional baseball player
43 minGambling addiction
Gambling addiction almost killed him by 28
Anthony Natoli/Tech sales, San Francisco
58 minGambling addiction
A therapist on why you think you'll win it back
Gambling therapist/Clinician
54 minGambling addiction
A $10,000 slot win ruined his life
Sam/Founder, Evive
51 minGambling addiction
I lost $580,000 in ten days and wanted to die
Joe Cannon/Twelve-year gambling spiral
1 hr 20 minGambling addiction
He won $3.2 million in 48 minutes, then lost $13 million
Mathew Bowyer/Bookmaker in the Ohtani case
Elsewhere in the library
Other things people come here for
- Family and relationshipsThe marriages that survived it, and the ones that did not.18
- Rehab and treatmentTwenty-five treatment centres, one that finally worked, and why.17
- Mental health and suicideThe nights people planned to end it, and what stopped them.14
- Gambling addictionThe addiction that leaves no track marks and no smell on your breath.14
- Sober living and habitsThe unglamorous daily mechanics of staying clean.10
- Debt and moneySix figures gone in an afternoon, and the years spent paying it back.10
Sports betting is one of 16 topics every episode of Nothing's Off The Table is tagged against. Search the whole library.
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